ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,754, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X17T130" was invented by Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa) and Andrew Jon Ross (Lisbon, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X17T130 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X17T130 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X17T130 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and t...